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as to the formation of a company under the Act, the further 
steps to he taken with a view to registration will follow in 
due course. 
The following resolutions were then ]n*oposed by Mr. 
H. M. Ormekod, seconded by Professor Balfouii Stewart, 
and carried unanimously : — 
] . ‘‘ That this Society be formed into a Limited Company 
under the 23rd section of the Companies Act, 1867, and by 
the name of The Manchester Literary and Philosophical 
Society, and that the Council of the Society be and they are 
hereby authorised to take such steps in that behalf as they 
may deem expedient.” 
2. “ That the Memorandum and Articles of Association, 
draft of which has been approved by the Board of Trade, 
and is now laid before this Meeting, be and they are hereby 
approved as the Memorandum and Articles of Association 
of this Society, when so incorporated, and that the Council 
do take such steps as may be necessary for procuring the 
same to be duly executed and duly registered in conformity 
with The Companies Acts, 1862 and 1867.” 
Ordinary Meeting, March 23rd, 187o. 
Edward Schunck, Ph.D., F.R.S., See., President, in the 
Chair. 
The following letter from Mr. J. B. Millar, B.E., was 
read by Professor Reynolds ; — 
Will you kindly permit me to express, through you, my 
thanks to Mr. Rawson for the trouble he has taken in com- 
paring the solution which I gave of the problem on the 
ellipse with those which have been given by the various 
authors on the subject? 
